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  • 31Broke — This surname is a late medieval English development of either the pre 7th Century Old English Broc or the post Norman Invasion (1066) also Broc . However the origins were quite different, the English being habitational from one of the many places …

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  • 32broke — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ go (= go bankrupt) ▪ The company went broke last year. ADVERB ▪ completely, flat (informal) …

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  • 33broke — Synonyms and related words: bankrupt, beat, beggared, broken, busted, dead, destitute, down and out, failed, flat, flat broke, hard up, impoverished, in receivership, indigent, insolvent, needy, on the rocks, on the skids, oofless, penniless,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 34broke — [brəʊk] adj informal I without any money Can you lend me £5? I m completely broke.[/ex] II broke the past tense of break I …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 35broke — adj Without money. I m broke man; don t ask me for money. 1930s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 36broke — the perfection of ugliness. Ed: Oh Lord, that girl is busted! Ted: No bro, she s broke …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 37broke — the perfection of ugliness. Ed: Oh Lord, that girl is busted! Ted: No bro, she s broke …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 38broke — See flat broke …

    English idioms

  • 39broke — have no money I spent all of my money on my holiday and I am now broke …

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  • 40broke — past (and archaic past participle) of break1. adjective informal having no money. Phrases go for broke informal risk everything in an all out effort …

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